On shouting a Christmas message that can get you killed – Luke 2:1-20

It’s Christmas Eve!  My younger kids (age 9 and 11) are charged with excitement, begging to open just one gift, or at least put them under the tree.  They cannot contain themselves.  At Faith Church we’re looking forward to a wonderful time of worship tonight.  We’ve had artists from our congregation creating art to illustrateContinue reading “On shouting a Christmas message that can get you killed – Luke 2:1-20”

Why we need to listen to an unmarried pregnant teenager

After giving surprising news to Zechariah and Elizabeth that they, a barren elderly couple, going to have a son who will be a great prophet, the Angel Gabriel a few months later visits Mary.  Mary is teenager living in Nazareth, a backwater town that barely makes it onto the map.  Mary is betrothed, but herContinue reading “Why we need to listen to an unmarried pregnant teenager”